(chiefly philosophy) The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.

plural of anima

Synonym of world soul

A statutory city, the county seat of Bent County, Colorado, United States.

One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Trinidad.

(sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

Of or relating to animals. / Raw, base, unhindered by social codes. / Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation. / (slang, Ireland) Excellent

Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely. / Endowed with life. / Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.

simple past tense and past participle of animate

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.